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Eric Scheske

Charlie Brown Christmas' Poor Start

> "When CBS bigwigs saw a rough cut of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' in November 1965, they hated it. > "'They said it was slow,' executive producer Lee Mendelson remembers with a laugh. There were concerns that the show was almost defiantly different: There

Cincinnati Encouraging Gay Youth?

Is this real? > All people deserve respect, basic rights and a safe environment, regardless of their sexual orientation. Catholics Respecting Youth in Sexual Minorities (CRYSM), a program of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Catholic Ministry with Gays and Lesbians (CMGL), exists to advocate for respect, basic rights and a safe

Letterman on Clinton/Bush

> Time has named former Presidents Bush and Clinton the partners of the year. These two are now so close they're thinking about making a cowboy movie.

Catholic Castro

It'd be the biggest conversion since Oscar Wilde: > Fidel Castro wants Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba, an Italian prelate has disclosed [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41356]. > The Cuban dictator told Cardinal Bertone that he saw Pope Benedict as a man with

St. Louis Uproar

If you're following the Bishop Burke v. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, you may want to check out Richard John Neuhaus' post about the subject. Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=118]. Excerpt: > If you believe some news accounts, it is all a grab for money

The ID Judge

If you didn't hear, things didn't go well for the Intelligent Design folks in the Pennsylvania case. Judge John Jones (a Bush appointee) wrote a scathing opinion. Here's an excerpt from the Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/

Shorty

It's the shortest day of the year. Here in the SW corner of Michigan, sunrise is at 8:06 am and sunset at 5:14 pm. And it's colder than a cheated wife's heart. A fitting first day of Winter.

Honored Wife

My wife was recently "appointed as a biographical candidate to represent" her town in the Empire Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals. The letter came yesterday, and she's pretty geeked. She's president of her own corporation--a small, closely-held thing she

Expensive Santas

Here's an article in the Chicago Tribune about men paying over $100 to look exactly like Santa [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512180254dec18,1,807059.story?coll=chi-news-hed] . It's nice that they're so earnest about their job. It's

Diabolical!

> A human rights group is alleging the United States operated a secret prison near Afghanistan's capital as recently as last year. > The group claims that music by Eminem and Dr. Dre were used as instruments of torture. Link [http://www.kcra.com/news/5577000/detail.html]